HONOLULU >> Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s plan to use $44 million in bond debt is an ill-founded, potentially illegal attempt to payoff administrative costs related to the construction of the over-budget, behind-schedule Honolulu rail system, according to the...

The 2017 Economic Freedom of North America report helps explain why life is tough in Hawaii HONOLULU, Dec. 14, 2017 >> Hawaii moved up a notch nationwide in 2017 in terms of economic freedom, but the Aloha State still is near the bottom, according to factors...

Hawaii’s tax and public pension systems will be put under the microscope at a series of three free panel discussions hosted by Hawaii Rep. Andria Tupola, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, at two separate Honolulu locations, Besides being the overall host, Tupola also...

Grassroot Institute of Hawaii says waivers prove the Jones Act hurts the U.S. economy HONOLULU, HAWAII, Sept. 21, 2017 >> This year’s disastrous hurricane season is demonstrating once again that the century-old body of shipping laws known as the Jones Act...